~::...:·::... - __ O}:__th_e_f_I--::o_L:-:Y_ G-:-H_o-:-s_T_·•_______ 6_2.-z...-, "' ~a. Wee are even as well able to doe the one, as the other. So upon wa eo~cr all this promife falsouttoprovenothmg: theConditioncannotbee the matde {o the CovenJnt voide. No Ho L Y GHo s T, or Comforterrobe Hokepr,an ' d I d d . edfor,orhad:wearebut eu e. - . . . P Deluded ! G 0 D forbid: C H~ I s T loves us too well, to delud~ us. Hee .ill never doe ii. A U'r!eltfH mqu:rendum. would bee had, tolookeahttle bctier '!"' 'r nd not (oliahtly lofeourmterefhnfuchagiftastheHo/ychtijl. Itfiands ~~rf; in\and eo get"rhe condition made good : elfe wee forfett our efiare in the promifc. h h b !: · A d r · · If webe to berelecved,it is, by' the word<.Mea; t a~~ ey .e 1u• . n Jomeal~ terarionthereisplaioly in rhem,by Him,and H1s commmg. It Is norfa1d,for nought (and rbat, by way of oppofirion)thatthe Law came by MD[es, butgracecame by Hun, Ioh.u 7,1 .6;; andgraa forgrace; that is, not onlygrace ac1ive~hteh we recei~e, W~Ich rei:eveth us in thekeeping them; butgrace pafive too, which wee finde With Him, which reJeeves in abating the rigor, when we are called to accompt about them. You lhall findean alteration, in this very point. The ApDjlles would not prdfe the Genttles to be circumcifed : being circumci[ed, Saint Paul tefiifieth, they becomedebters, to Gal.1.i; .., · ketpe the whole La!V : A yoke sr~ith Slint Peter) th~t neither they (rhevfpojlles) nqr Aths,•o, their fathers wereab!etobe~re, It wasfo heavy•. Thts, as t~ey c~meby c..Mofes. But after CH R, s T, wirhHisgrace, came; and HtsgrAcewith Him; whentheycame 10 be His, Mand,ttaEjfH (fairh Saint John) gravianon [unt, they are not heavy; And zloh.r.j; Himfelfe, that befi knew the price of it, faith plainely of His yoke,chat it iseajie; and · it were hard to gaine-fay Him. This qualifying thengrowerhtwowaies: r. One, that the Law, atthevery giving it byAngels, was (fait~ St. Paul) 9rdinatain mame c..MediatoriJ, ordained to Gl\. 1 . 1 §. be in the <.Mediators hand(that!s, C HR. Is T) whofehandsare not fo heavy,as Mofes were. 2 • Theorher,rhatPateromwejudiciumdedit Filio (faithHimfelfe) His Father hath mde Him Judge of the keeping or nor keeping them. Alljudiciall power and proceeding concerning them, is committed over to Him. . . · By the firlt, that they are ordained to bee in His hand, Hemaytake them into His hands when Hce will; and having them in His hands, order them and eafe them as pleaferh Him. Lex inmante Mediatoru, is .it we mufrpold by. If abruife in the reed, Mofes would breakeir quire. If theflax f miakeand flame not our, he would qumch it llraight. So will not He: His hand will nor breakethe one : nor His foot tread on the othrr. To Mary Magdalen, Heordained;that fecit quod potuit lhould ferve,and He would require no more. Credo Domine; adjuva increiiulitatem meam, I beleeve Lord, belpemy tmbeleefe, a beleefe mixedwith unbelcefe, would never have enduredc..Mofes affay: In manu MediatoriJ, it did well enough. Thus He ordained; he that neither doth them, nor prrpareth himfelfe, 'lX,on fecit, neque pr£parailit (L11k .12.) he!hall be punifbed : But if hepreptre, fiirre up himfelfe, have a care, a refpe& unto them ihat (it feemeth) in m•me Mediatoris, will be taken. That if there be (faith theApo- •Cor.s.u-; ftle) prompta volunttU, a ready will; a man{hal/ be acceptedMcording tothilt, he hath; and not according tothat, he hath not. For,theMediatDr is man, and hath had experi- Hcb.•. • j'. tnc!o[ mans mfirmtlles: Heknorveth Dttr metal! ando11r mould, and what our condition S·'· :vill beare. He knoweth, there is that cMflic1 in 1H ,we cannot doe whatwe wsuld. And tndeed, why lhould concupifcencero evillbe reputed finne, on theworfc part; arid a . . ltke deGre(<ancupwidefiderare mandata ttllt) not be as well reckoned, for ~s much on Pf:U.r,iJ.f!; the better ~art, though it be not fullout according to thefNrijictition of the Sanf1uarie t. Thu~,as,mHis hands ordained. Then ag~ine, as,in His Co11rt,ro beju9ged. For; the Court may alrerrhe matter ;ruch, as.wlth us hereitdoth. Sedensin foliojujlitiJJ (as, tofome)inHis tribunall tat offtnft Jufrice, therefitting, [entence will proceed otherwife, thanSi 11deamu! t ron~mgrati4,ifwe have accelfe to Him in His throneofgrace,where we may obtaine Heb+ u!t: mherm and fi•de gr.Me; And Sr. lames brinas us good tydinas that Stt•er-exa!t~t, &c. 1'"'·'·'1·. t e th . . 1' • " " , r r011e o, grMe Is the Higher Court; and fo an vfppCAle lieth thither, to whom K kk Hee
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